{"product_id":"the-english-poems-of-john-milton","title":"John Milton: The English Poems of John Milton [1994] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Laurence Lerner, formerly Professor of English at the University of Sussex.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Milton (1608-74) has a strong claim to be considered the greatest English poet after Skakespeare. His early poems, collected and published in 1645, include the much loved pair \u003cem\u003eL'Allegro\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIl Penseroso\u003c\/em\u003e ('the cheerful man and the thoughtful man'), \u003cem\u003eLycidas\u003c\/em\u003e (his great elegy on a fellow poet) and \u003cem\u003eComus\u003c\/em\u003e (the one masque which is still read today). When the Civil War began Milton abandoned poetry for politics and wrote a series of pamphlets in defence of the Parliamentary party, then in defence of the execution of Charles I: these include his great defence of the freedom of the press,\u003cem\u003e Areopagitica.\u003c\/em\u003e In the course of this work he lost his sight, and was blind for the last twenty years of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring this time he wrote his two great epics,\u003cem\u003e Paradise Lost \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eParadise Regained\u003c\/em\u003e, and his retelling of the story of Samson as a Greek tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milton, John \u0026 Lerner, Laurence (Formerly Professor Of","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47936450036051,"sku":"XG81853264108","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/milton-john-lerner-laurence-formerly-professor-of-john-milton-the-english-poems-of-john-milton-1994-paperback-xg81853264108-56205863027027.jpg?v=1727915718","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-english-poems-of-john-milton","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}